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AEFLIGATIQN FILED MAR. 26, 1912. 1,088,65, Patented Feb. 24, 1914 1 Fl G.l

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LEONARD B. WILSON, OF IBELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO DANIEL W. ZEBEB, 0F BELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2st, 1914:.

To all whom it may GOTLCGTH/ Be it known that I, LEONARD B. Vinson, of Bellevue, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a new and improved packing, preferably made of heavy paper, cardboard, or other similar material, having yielding projecting contacting members.

The packing constituting the present invention is designed for various uses, for ex ample, boxes, wrappers, and packages for fragile articles as glassware, eggs, etc., for obviating the danger of breaking or injur ing such articles while being handled or shipped.

In the accompanyin drawings, which illustrate applications of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a packing embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevational view; Fig. 8, a perspective view of a portion of a box embodying my improved packing; Fig. 4:, a perspective of the packing bent to form a bottle wrapper or container; and Fig. 5, a diagrammatic view illustrat ing the manner of making the packing.

Referring to the drawing, and as preferred, my improved packing comprises a sheet or piece of some suitable fibrous material 1, such as cardboard, in which numerous small holes or punctures have been formed, and numerous projecting yielding contacting members 2. As illustrated, the yielding contacting members 2 comprise projecting portions of the material 1 produced by puncturing the material by suitable puncturing members and a covering or coating of wax material. In the operation of puncturing the fibrous material a flange is formed around the hole and this flange is usually, but not necessarily, a ragged or irregular fiange, with the fibers thereof particularly applicable to take hold of the wax material applied thereto and cooperate with said wax material in forming a yielding contact member.

A preferred method of making my packing is illustrated by the diagrammatic view Fig. 5, and as illustrated therein, the cardboard. or other material is placed over a tank 3 containing a quantity of wax material 4. Located over the tank, I provide a suitable operable mechanism including a se ries of puncturing members 5, the latter be ing designed to be passed downwardly through the material 1 puncturing the same, and into contact with the wax material 4. The puncturing members after coming into contact with the wax are raised therefrom and pass through the openings formed in the material by this downward movement, thus depositing the wax over and around the puncture, and as shown to the right of Fig. 5, closing the hole or puncture.

In the embodiment of my invention shown by Fig. 3, which illustrates a box particularly adapted for packing eggs after the usual fillers have been placed in position, the projecting yielding contacting members are utilized as supports for the bottom of the box thereby providing a cushioned bottom for the box. Members 2 comprising the wax material aid in preventing moisture reaching the bottom of the egg box.

hat I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a packing having a projection produced by puncturing, said projection being reinforced by a wax material.

2. As an article of manufacture, a pack ing having a plurality of ragged or irregular pro ections produced by puncturing, said. projections being reinforced by a wax material.

As an article of manufacture, a sheet of punctured fibrous material having the punctures thereof filled with a projecting wax material,

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD B. WILSON.

Witnesses:

W. G. DooLrrTmi, F. E. GAITHER.

Gopiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eaten, Washington, D. 0. 

